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  • Amazon Customer Finds Baggie Of Drugs In Shipment

    Amazon Customer Finds Baggie Of Drugs In Shipment

    An Amazon Prime customer is outraged at the company’s response to accidentally sending him drugs in a recent shipment.

    When Vishal Solanki ordered a drawing set for his eight-year-old niece on Amazon, he had no idea what he was in for. When the gift arrived, Solanki discovered a small colorful baggie of drugs in the shipment and was taken aback.

    “The baggie of pills dropped out of the box the art set was in,” Solanki told Newsweek. “If my niece has opened the box and thought I had put some candy in there and she digested them, it would be a whole other conversation.”

    Solanki then reached out to Amazon’s customer support and explained the situation.

    “When I pulled the box out a small plastic baggie fell out of the package and to my utter shock and dismay, I picked it up and it’s a small bag of drugs!!” Solanki wrote in the email. “I want to know why this bag of drugs was in a children’s toy and secondly, what do you intend to do about it as I am extremely furious and upset!!”

    He was dismayed at their “cookie cutter” response and apology for what he perceived as a very dangerous accident.

    “I’m sorry to hear about the problem with the item received,” said the email from Amazon which Solanki gave to Newsweek. “At Amazon, customer satisfaction is something that we take very seriously and would never compromise under any circumstances. Unfortunately, sometimes unavoidable mistakes happen.”

    “We want our customers to have a happy and trust worthy shipping experience with us, we feel so sorry that we were not able to fulfill your expectations for this level of service,” the email noted. “In this case it is with great regret for us to know that we have not met our standard.”

    Solanki then took to Facebook to tell others about Amazon’s mistake. 

    I am posting this as an AWARENESS to all people who order from @amazon as a safety precaution. I ordered an Art Set from Amazon for my 8 year-old niece. I am a paying Prime Member #AmazonPrimeMember and like always, Amazon delivered next day to my door. Normally when I order a gift, I do not open it, I just wrap it in the box and give it to the person. Since the Art Set came in an unmarked box, I wanted to ensure that it was in fact what I had ordered. I cut open the box and what fell out of the box shocked me and has me extremely disturbed and upset!!

    I slid out the Art Set and something fell and hit my foot. I thought it was a piece of styrofoam. When I looked down, I noticed a small baggie. After I looked at it for a second, I realized that it was a small baggie of drugs! Yes DRUGS!!! I was floored!! I didn’t know what to do in that moment. I asked my girlfriend to examine the baggie as I was in shock. She confirmed that it was indeed a bag of multiple kinds of pills.

    I immediately sent @amazon an email to express my concern and dismay and the only thing I got from them was a “cookie cutter” email apologizing for sending the “wrong product” and that they were shipping me a new Art Set as a resolution. I mean that’s it?! They did not even READ the email! Somehow, within Amazon’s supply chain, this bag of drugs was inserted into the packaging of the Art Set meant for a child! And again, all I got in return was a “cookie cutter” email apologizing for sending the wrong item? What if I had not opened it and my niece thought it was candy and ate it?

    What if I had not opened it and my niece thought it was candy and ate it? What if it was your child who opened it and had an overdose or worse?! I am absolutely pissed off, angry, shocked and annoyed. As the holidays are approaching just be aware to check your packages. What’s even more shocking is that @Amazon did not even care and has brushed it off. What would you do??? I am also contacting to Police to report this as well as the media. In addition, please share this with anyone you know who uses Amazon, Amazon Prime or any of Amazon’s services. #AmazonPrimeMember@ Vaughan, Ontario

    Solanki told Newsweek: “I’m not looking for fame or anything from this. Just want to spread awareness for people to be careful during the holidays. Packages are arriving from all over the world!”

    View the original article at thefix.com

  • Makeup Artist Finds Cocaine In Sephora Package 

    Makeup Artist Finds Cocaine In Sephora Package 

    The woman also found a picture and an ID alongside the cocaine and a rolled-up dollar bill inside the package. 

    A New Jersey-based professional makeup artist got more than she bargained for in a shipment of cosmetics from Sephora earlier this month.

    Inside The Mystery Box

    Among her foundation and false eyelashes, 30-year-old Christina Milano found a “good amount” of white powder wrapped in a dollar bill along with a small straw cut for snorting the substance, plus a female Sephora employee’s company ID. There was also a forklift operator’s card and a photo of a young girl in another part of the package.

    How these items ended up in Milano’s package is unclear, but the makeup artist was able to identify the powder as cocaine.

    “I’ve seen it and I’ve been offered it in the past,” she told the New York Post. 

    She became fairly upset when she realized what she had due to the high penalties associated with shipping illicit drugs through the mail. 

    “I could have gotten in trouble for this,” she said to local New York news affiliate PIX11. “What if there was a random check at the post office?”

    $100 Store Credit For Her Troubles

    Milano quickly took photos of what she discovered and sent them to Sephora, including of the white powder. After she was assured that she would be contacted after the company’s investigation, she was informed that the Sephora had credited $100 to her account and asked her to dispose of the “foreign items.”

    The makeup artist was unsatisfied with this response.

    “It was kind of like, here’s $100, like, you know, don’t talk about it,” she said, saying the idea made her angry. So she went to the press, who investigated further.

    Getting To The Bottom Of It

    A Post reporter was able to use the information and photos provided by Milano to track down an address associated with the woman whose name was on the company ID.

    However, the owner of the house said that the Sephora employee was her sister and that she no longer lived there.

    “She’s on the grid, off the grid. She’s always changing her phone number,” the sister said. “She lived here that one time, but I haven’t spoken to her in a month. And even then it was only for 15 minutes.”

    She confirmed that the Sephora employee had a history of drug use, but according to the report, declined to give further details.

    Sephora, of course, has a zero-tolerance policy around employees using illicit drugs, particularly while at work. Milano, though not entirely pleased with how the cosmetics company handled the situation, says she remains loyal to them.

    “I would still love a more personal apology from them but truly I still will shop at Sephora,” she admitted. “I love them.”

    Sephora provided a statement to Newsweek about the incident.

    “We have investigated the matter and taken appropriate actions,” it read. “Sephora prides itself on our delivery and supply chain experiences and have a zero-tolerance policy around illegal substances in the workplace. We have apologized to the impacted client for this unfortunate experience and are working with her directly to resolve it.”

    View the original article at thefix.com

  • USPS Workers Convicted For Delivering Drugs

    USPS Workers Convicted For Delivering Drugs

    US Postal Service employees were caught for hustling on their route last week.

    Two United States Postal Service workers were convicted last week for delivering drugs on their postal routes.

    One employee, Unterria Rogers of Mobile, Alabama, was given five years for his involvement in a marijuana delivery ring along the city’s postal routes. Rogers would receive packages from California and deliver them, receiving $250 per pound he got into buyers’ hands. In all, Rogers delivered around 133 pounds before being caught. 

    Ultimately, it may have been his prolific delivery volume that did him in, as authorities were alerted following a spike of suspected drug packages in the city. Rogers was charged with using a firearm in his drug trafficking.

    Interception

    The second employee convicted last week was Fred Rivers of New Jersey. He would receive packages with false names and flag them as deliveries for a local drug dealer. He got $100 for every package he intercepted.

    These two are far from the only USPS employees to deliver more than postage. In 2017, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania indicted nine people, including two USPS workers, Steven C. Williams and Felicia Charleston, for their involvement in a marijuana-trafficking organization. They faced life in prison and multimillion-dollar fines for helping divert packages to distribute almost 100 kilograms of marijuana. In 2018, Williams and Charleston were sentenced to 15 months and 10 months in prison, respectively.

    Exploitation

    Delivery systems like the USPS and FedEx are easy to exploit for drug delivery, even without employees getting involved. These parcel delivery services remain among the easiest ways to ship fentanyl, opioids, and other drugs into the United States. This was made especially apparent during a federal court case involving 43 members of a methamphetamine distribution ring that had ties to the Sinaloa Cartel.

    “The sheer logistical nature of trying to pick out which packages contain opioids makes it much more challenging,” said Robert E. Perez, an acting executive assistant commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). “It’s unlike anything we’ve encountered.”

    The major issue is that drug rings have people on the inside.

    “Don’t think that these cartels don’t have their own ‘intelligence services,’” warned Perez. “Friends, family members working on the inside. So they’re going to know how many agents or officers are assigned to which FedEx facility, when they’re working, and when they’re not.”

    View the original article at thefix.com